Halsford Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · East Grinstead, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Halsford Park Primary School is a primary school in East Grinstead, West Sussex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Halsford Park Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 120 of the 208 other West Sussex primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 52 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Manor Road, East Grinstead, RH19 1LR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils fully embrace the school’s values of responsibility, respect, courage and compassion.”
- “The values permeate through all of school life.”
- “Pupils show remarkable levels of understanding and empathy towards new children who arrive at the school having experienced varying cultural and life experiences.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects some curriculum changes are very recent and subject champions are still in the process of embedding and checking the impact of these changes.”
- “However, some older pupils do not receive effective targeted support with their reading.”
- “This also includes some pupils who speak English as an additional language.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 71% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 45 first-preference applications, 52 offers in total, 45 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, East Grinstead 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Baldwins Hill Primary School, East Grinstead 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackwell Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Estcots Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crawley Down Village CofE School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ashurst Wood Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published